Historical Documents

STEPHEN HOPKINS (1707-85) Signer of Declaration of Independence. DS, "Step Hopkins", 1p, Aug 16, 1755, 7 1/2"X4 1/2", Newport, t...

JOHN MORTON (1724-77) Signer of Declaration of Independence. AES, "John Morton Sheriff", 1767, 12mo, clipped from an arrest warrant. Inlai...

ELBRIDGE GERRY (1744-1814) Signer of Declaration of Independence; member of the famous X Y Z mission to France. DS, "E Gerry", as Governor...

ELBRIDGE GERRY DS, "E Gerry", as Governor of Mass, 1p, Feb 3, 1812, folio, appointment of Alden Spooner as Justice of the Peace in Bristol...

JOHN PENN (1741?-88) Signer of Declaration of Independence. LS, 1p, nd, legal folio, petition to Richard Caswell (1729-89), Governor of North Carolina

JOHN PENN Endorsement signed, "J.P. atto", on verso of a May 3, 1784 document, Granville County, North Carolina, endorsing a summons addre...

ROBERT TREAT PAINE (1731-1814) Signer of Declaration of Independence. Partly printed DS, "Paine, Atty", 1p, 1768, 12mo, bill for his servi...

JAMES WILSON (1742-98) Signer of Declaration of Independence. Partly printed DS, signed "Wilson" on verso, 1p, Oct 27, 1776, oblong 8vo, C...

ROBERT MORRIS Draft ALS, signed "RM", 1p, April 25, 1803, 8vo, New Brunswick, NJ, to Robert Colefax, nice content re a wounded soldier. In...

ROBERT MORRIS (1734-1806) Signer of Declaration of Independence; financed the purchases of Washington's Army during the Revolution. LS, "Ro...